Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1997–2005)
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Glasgow Kelvin was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. The area it represented is now covered by Glasgow Central, Glasgow North and Glasgow North West.
SeatsOne
Created fromGlasgow Central
Glasgow Hillhead
Glasgow Hillhead
| Glasgow Kelvin | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City council area |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Glasgow Central Glasgow Hillhead |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Central Glasgow North Glasgow North West |
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | George Galloway | Labour | |
| 2003 | Independent | ||
| 2004 | Respect | ||
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 12,014 | 44.8 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tamsin Mayberry | 4,754 | 17.7 | +3.5 | |
| SNP | Frances Rankin | 4,513 | 16.8 | −4.6 | |
| Conservative | Davena Rankin | 2,388 | 8.9 | −1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Heather Ritchie | 1,847 | 6.9 | +5.7 | |
| Green | Tim Shand | 1,286 | 4.8 | New | |
| Majority | 7,260 | 27.1 | −2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 26,802 | 43.6 | −12.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Galloway | 16,643 | 51.0 | ||
| SNP | Sandra White | 6,978 | 21.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 4,629 | 14.2 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan H. McPhie | 3,539 | 10.8 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Allan Green | 386 | 1.2 | ||
| Referendum | Robert J.M. Grigor | 282 | 0.9 | ||
| Socialist (GB) | Victor Vanni | 102 | 0.3 | ||
| Natural Law | George W. Stidolph | 95 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 9,665 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 32,654 | 56.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||